Dedication Ceremony at The Spirit Center The Spirit Center Board of Directors and Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament wish to invite everyone to a Dedication Ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 13 at 3 PM off of FM 3088 in Bluntzer (Nueces County near Robstown.) For more information call (361) 877-1232.

Is God calling you to walk in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi? Please join us Saturday, August 5 & September 9, FROM 10 AM to Noon at Corpus Christi Cathedral in Room 4. Learn more about the spirituality of St. Francis and the Secular Franciscan Order. For more information, call Liz Conces at (936) 334-1353 or email us at itcregion.ofs@gmail.com. Also, visit our website at lostrescompaneros.org

Attention incoming Aggie Catholic freshmen! St. Mary’s Catholic Center in College Station invites you to attend CONNECT, a retreat for new students of Texas A&M and Blinn. Come and meet other Catholic students and see how you can grow closer to Jesus Christ while you are in college. We are offering two opportunities to attend CONNECT the week before school starts: August 21-22 (Monday-Tuesday) or August 24-25 (Thursday-Friday). To register and get more information, please visit our website: www.aggiecatholic.org/connect Gig ‘em and God Bless!

Thank you parishioners of Corpus Christi Cathedral for welcoming Outreach to Haiti, July 29-30. Mike Heinzman will speak out about the mission in Haiti: nutrition & feeding programs, medical care, orphanages, sponsoring children’s education, twinning organizations, guided immersion trips to visit Haiti, and efforts to rebuild the medical clinic in Port-au Prince. You can be part of the ministry; the second collection is dedicated to Outreach to Haiti. Thank you for your generosity. For more information about this ministry, please visit www.outreachtohaiti.org.

Mt. Carmel Home will be having an estate sale July 27 - 29 from 7 AM -3 PM, VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. There will be commercial kitchen equipment, dishware, furniture, crafts, office and housekeeping supplies, washing machines, driers, etc. The Carmelite Sisters are looking for volunteers to help get ready for the sale from July 7-8 and July 10-15 anytime between 9 AM - 5 PM.

You are invited to join the St. Anne's Altar and Rosary Society as we celebrate the Feast of St. Anne with a rosary, mass and litany/novena on July 26 at 11:30 am in the Emmanuel Chapel. Lunch following in St. Joseph's Hall. Please RSVP with Roseanne at (361) 991-7653 or Carmen at (361) 443-0891.

The International Centennial Pilgrim Image of Our Lady of Fatima A pilgrim image of Our Lady of Fatima, personally blessed by Pope Francis for the North American Continent, is visiting five churches in the Diocese of Corpus Christi, July 27-31. July 27- Holy Family (CC); July 28– St. Martin of Tours (Kingsville); July 29- St. Anthony (Robstown); July 30- Our Lady of Perpetual Help (CC); July 31- Immaculate Conception (Gregory). Each visit includes Mass, procession, reconciliation, Marian consecration, Eucharistic adoration, inspirational talks, and brown scapular investiture. See more details at www.southtexascatholic.com/events/our-lady-of-fatima-pilgrim-statue.

Celebrate God’s Plan for Married Love This weekend signals the beginning of Natural Family Planning Awareness week, July 23 - 29. Natural Family Planning is a method of monitoring a woman’s natural cycles in order to promote and preserve fertility health. Using Natural Family Planning, married couples are able to more easily achieve or avoid pregnancy in loving discernment without the harmful effects of unnatural chemicals, devices, or sterilizations that interrupt the total gift of self. If you are married or preparing to be married, we invite you to prayerfully consider the consistent teaching of the Church regarding married love that is unitive and procreative. For more information about Natural Family Planning, please visit https://diocesecc.org/natural-family-planning or call the Office of Laity, Family and Life at (361) 882-6191.

The HUD Approved Housing Counseling Department of Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi, American Bank and Mortgage Financial Services are teaming up to host the Dare to Own the Dream, Beat the Odds… Homeownership Fair on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 615 Oliver Ct. from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Doorprizes throughout the day! For more information please contact the Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi Housing Counseling Department at (361) 884-0651 or email ddean@diocesecc.org.

"Girls just want to have fun" at Ss. Cyril & Methodius Msgr. Kasper Youth Center on Friday, July 21 from 6-9:30 PM. Doors open at 5:30 PM (no early birds). ALL FEMALES over the age of 18 are invited for a night filled with fun, food & laughter. Limited T-Shirts will be sold. Sharing is caring so bring to share... initials:A-G = Main Dish, H-N = Side Dish, O-U = Dessert and V-Z = Chips & Dips. For details, call Kiki Garcia, (361) 853-7371.